Renaming zones, Cloning zones – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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4. Highlight an element in the Member Selection List that you want to include in your zone, or

highlight an element in the Zone Members list that you want to delete.

5. Click Add Member to add a zone member, or click Remove Member to remove a zone member.

The zone is modified in the Zone Admin buffer.

6. Select Zoning Actions > Save Config to save the configuration changes.

Renaming zones

For information on enabling the configuration, refer to

“Enabling zone configurations”

on page 134.

Use the following procedure to change the name of a zone.

1. Open the Zone Administration window as described in

“Opening the Zone Administration

window”

on page 121.

2. Click the Zone tab.

3. Select the zone you want to rename from the Name list.

4. Click Rename.

5. In the Rename a Zone dialog box, enter a new zone name and click OK. The zone is renamed in

the Zone Admin buffer.

6. Select Zoning Actions > Save Config to save the configuration changes.

Cloning zones

To perform clone operations for zoning, the EGM license must be installed on the switch;
otherwise, access to this feature is denied and an error message displays.

The EGM license is required only for 8 Gbps platforms, such as the following:

Brocade DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms

Encryption Switch

300, 5300, and 5100 switches

For non-8 Gbps platforms, all functionalities are available without EGM license.

Use the following procedure to clone a zone configuration.

1. Open the Zone Administration window as described in

“Opening the Zone Administration

window”

on page 121.

2. Click the Zone tab.

3. Select the zone you want to clone from the Name list.

4. Click Clone

5. In the Clone an Existing Zone dialog box, enter a name for the copied zone.

6. Click OK. The selected zone is copied from the Zone Admin buffer.

7. Select Zoning Actions > Save Config to save the configuration changes. Because no changes

were made to the effective configuration, you do not need to enable the configuration.

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